Alex Pereira has traded the UFC cage for an action-horror set within the new trailer for A24’s “Onslaught.” The previous UFC mild heavyweight champion seems within the Adam Wingard movie alongside Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Rebecca Corridor and Drew Starkey, forward of its September 4 theatrical launch.
Alex Pereira in A24’s “Onslaught”
The 2-minute trailer introduces a harmful group described as “good troopers,” with every member carrying a disturbing fame. One is alleged to have saved combating after being shot 48 instances, whereas one other is recognized as “The Butcher” – a becoming nickname for Pereira’s display debut, given his lengthy historical past of highlight-reel knockouts.
“Onslaught” facilities on a sniper, performed by Arjona, who’s pulled right into a violent struggle towards a gaggle of seemingly unstoppable attackers. The trailer presents them as a navy unit with enhanced senses and one direct instruction: as soon as they begin killing, they don’t cease.
Pereira is featured among the many operatives, bringing a well-known bodily presence to the footage. It’s a completely different setting from Madison Sq. Backyard or the UFC Apex, however the Brazilian’s calm stare and imposing body match the movie’s menace degree. Followers could acknowledge his signature look instantly, though A24 is retaining the specifics of his character underneath wraps.
Wingard directs after engaged on movies together with “You’re Subsequent,” “The Visitor,” “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” His new challenge seems to mix close-quarters fight, gunfights, creature-style horror and navy motion, with a small household caught in the course of the assault.
The trailer additionally offers Arjona the central motion function, together with a second the place her character tells her youngster to cover whereas she goes to retrieve her weapons. Dan Stevens, who beforehand teamed with Wingard on “The Visitor,” seems as a key determine linked to the squad. Latest protection has described “Onslaught” as returning to the world of “The Visitor,” although the trailer stands by itself as a high-intensity survival story.
Alongside Pereira, the solid contains Corridor, Starkey, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn and Eric Wareheim. A24 launched the second official trailer on July 27, with the studio confirming Wingard as director and itemizing Pereira among the many featured solid.
